Greetings good citizen, should we miraculously avoid being blown to smithereens by the feckless [their default solution to any problem that defies being addressed by decree] it is obvious to the 'thinking class' that the next item on the survival agenda is expanding to the stars.
That said, early research shows that human physiology isn't compatible with long term space travel, restricting us to either instantaneous interplanetary travel [stargates] or interdimensional travel a la Rick & Morty.
This returns us to the conundrum of how 'modern man' magically appears in this planet's fossil record, fully developed, less than two hundred thousand years ago.
Space travel plays hell with our physiology so logic tells us this must be the planet of origin...but where are our 'ancestors'?
If we came here from elsewhere, where's the Mothership (or at the very least, the gate we walked out of?) This is why the trans dimensional theory holds the most promise. It is also the scenario that is fraught with the most problems.
Interdimensionalism explains things like the Bermuda Triangle but it also traps us in the 'one Earth' scenario. While we'd hope only significant events would 'split' the timeline, theoretically 'every' decision splits it, making for innumerable [many of them destroyed/uninhabitable] Earths.
So, if we were to travel to different planets, we would first have to conquer the problems surrounding long term exposure to weightlessness and constant bombardment by cosmic radiation...compound that by adding in the prerequisite that we first conquer our own mortality given the vastness of space.
Naturally, if we didn't cross the 'dimensional veil' then FTL travel (on the order of many times the speed of light squared, not doubled!) is still a necessity. [Do these answers lie in the quantum realm?]
We have only our feeble minds and our limited senses with which to comprehend our existence/reality with 90% of our attention being devoted to surviving so we can see tomorrow.
Given how many are working against that happening it is a miracle that we haven't exterminated ourselves...although 'infinite realities' may make that an impossibility.
If every event creates a 'split' every time we 'end' civilization an alternative universe would be created where the event hadn't yet taken place...and here we sit with our feeble minds trying to take it all in.
Welcome to Hell [just one of many...]
Left to our already overtaxed imaginations is whether or not 'significant' events don't just 'split' the time line but splinter it!
Did I mention 'innumerable' [along with infinite?]
Space is getting mighty crowded but I digress.
Let us return to the crux of this postulate, that you can run but you can't hide.
Like ten billion monkeys pounding relentlessly on typewriters would the 'sum' of all of our, er, choices ultimately result in the simultaneous creation of both Utopia and Discordia?
Is it futile to ask 'are we there yet?'
Tell ya one thing Obiwan, if we don't get this sucker back on an even keel the bloodbath is going to be horrendous and that's not going to bode well for any of us.
Stupid is as stupid does, especially if you do nothing to stop stupid!
Ponder the possibilities and despair!
Until next time Head,
Gegner
That said, early research shows that human physiology isn't compatible with long term space travel, restricting us to either instantaneous interplanetary travel [stargates] or interdimensional travel a la Rick & Morty.
This returns us to the conundrum of how 'modern man' magically appears in this planet's fossil record, fully developed, less than two hundred thousand years ago.
Space travel plays hell with our physiology so logic tells us this must be the planet of origin...but where are our 'ancestors'?
If we came here from elsewhere, where's the Mothership (or at the very least, the gate we walked out of?) This is why the trans dimensional theory holds the most promise. It is also the scenario that is fraught with the most problems.
Interdimensionalism explains things like the Bermuda Triangle but it also traps us in the 'one Earth' scenario. While we'd hope only significant events would 'split' the timeline, theoretically 'every' decision splits it, making for innumerable [many of them destroyed/uninhabitable] Earths.
So, if we were to travel to different planets, we would first have to conquer the problems surrounding long term exposure to weightlessness and constant bombardment by cosmic radiation...compound that by adding in the prerequisite that we first conquer our own mortality given the vastness of space.
Naturally, if we didn't cross the 'dimensional veil' then FTL travel (on the order of many times the speed of light squared, not doubled!) is still a necessity. [Do these answers lie in the quantum realm?]
We have only our feeble minds and our limited senses with which to comprehend our existence/reality with 90% of our attention being devoted to surviving so we can see tomorrow.
Given how many are working against that happening it is a miracle that we haven't exterminated ourselves...although 'infinite realities' may make that an impossibility.
If every event creates a 'split' every time we 'end' civilization an alternative universe would be created where the event hadn't yet taken place...and here we sit with our feeble minds trying to take it all in.
Welcome to Hell [just one of many...]
Left to our already overtaxed imaginations is whether or not 'significant' events don't just 'split' the time line but splinter it!
Did I mention 'innumerable' [along with infinite?]
Space is getting mighty crowded but I digress.
Let us return to the crux of this postulate, that you can run but you can't hide.
Like ten billion monkeys pounding relentlessly on typewriters would the 'sum' of all of our, er, choices ultimately result in the simultaneous creation of both Utopia and Discordia?
Is it futile to ask 'are we there yet?'
Tell ya one thing Obiwan, if we don't get this sucker back on an even keel the bloodbath is going to be horrendous and that's not going to bode well for any of us.
Stupid is as stupid does, especially if you do nothing to stop stupid!
Ponder the possibilities and despair!
Until next time Head,
Gegner
Let us return to the crux of this postulate, that you can run but you can't hide.
ReplyDeleteLike ten billion monkeys pounding relentlessly on typewriters would the 'sum' of all of our, er, choices ultimately result in the simultaneous creation of both Utopia and Discordia?
If every event creates a 'split' every time we 'end' civilization an alternative universe would be created where the event hadn't yet taken place...and here we sit with our feeble minds trying to take it all in.
ReplyDeleteLeft to our already overtaxed imaginations is whether or not 'significant' events don't just 'split' the time line but splinter it!
ReplyDeleteSpace is getting mighty crowded but I digress.
ReplyDeleteLet us return to the crux of this postulate, that you can run but you can't hide.
Interdimensionalism explains things like the Bermuda Triangle but it also traps us in the 'one Earth' scenario. While we'd hope only significant events would 'split' the timeline, theoretically 'every' decision splits it, making for innumerable [many of them destroyed/uninhabitable] Earths.
ReplyDeleteSpace travel plays hell with our physiology so logic tells us this must be the planet of origin...but where are our 'ancestors'?
ReplyDeleteWe have only our feeble minds and our limited senses with which to comprehend our existence/reality with 90% of our attention being devoted to surviving so we can see tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteIf we came here from elsewhere, where's the Mothership (or at the very least, the gate we walked out of?) This is why the trans dimensional theory holds the most promise. It is also the scenario that is fraught with the most problems.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteLeft to our already overtaxed imaginations is whether or not 'significant' events don't just 'split' the time line but splinter it!
That said, early research shows that human physiology isn't compatible with long term space travel, restricting us to either instantaneous interplanetary travel [stargates] or interdimensional travel a la Rick & Morty.
ReplyDeleteSo, if we were to travel to different planets, we would first have to conquer the problems surrounding long term exposure to weightlessness and constant bombardment by cosmic radiation...compound that by adding in the prerequisite that we first conquer our own mortality given the vastness of space.
ReplyDeleteNaturally, if we didn't cross the 'dimensional veil' then FTL travel (on the order of many times the speed of light squared, not doubled!) is still a necessity. [Do these answers lie in the quantum realm?]